Buckle holder



Oct. 11, 1932. HAMlLTON 1,882,570

BUCKLE HOLDER Filed July 24, 1931 Smenioz 3 Harry A. 1106777365075 HARRY A. HAMILTON, OF ROCHESTER, NEW

Patented Oct. 11, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TUBING COMPANY, INOX, OF ROCHESTER, NEV YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK BUCKLE Application filed Ju1y 24,

This invention relates to a buckle holder.

One object of the invention is to provide in a display device, particularly adapted for holding the buckles of belts for display, means for firmly but releasably holding the buckles centrally of the display face of a pedestal on which the buckle is mounted.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a device over which the body portion of the buckle clamping lever may be snapped and held or easily released.

A still further object is to provide a device of the nature stated, embodying among other characteristics, a holding device over which the body portion of the buckle clamping lever may be snapped and held or readily released at various angles of disposition of the buckle in the placing of the latter on the holder or removing the same therefrom.

\Vith these and other objects in View, the invention consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in details of construction, within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of a display device illustrating the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary top plan view of the invention.

Fig. 3 is a sectional of Fig. 2.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawing, the reference character 1 indicates a container for a belt having a cover 2 hinged thereto in any common manner, and which cover is adapted to be folded back upon its hinge to assume the inclined position illustrated in Fig. 1 for display purposes.

A box-like display pedestal 3 of pasteboard or any other suitable material issnugly and detachably mounted on a rectangular shaped support 4, as shown particularly in view on the line 3-3 body of the cover 2 so as the form, proportion and minor HOLDER f 1931. Serial no. 552,993.

Fig. 3. The support f is secured to the inner face of the cover in any suitable manner.

The display face of the pedestal 3 is preferably covered withplush, cloth, napped material or the like 5, and this outer face of the pedestal lies preferably parallel with the in display position, as for instance, as illustrated in Fig. 1, whereby to effectively display the buckle.

To secure the buckle in display position, a holder is mounted on the pedestal 3, preferably slightly ofi center thereof, as shown particularly in Fig. 2; This holder consists preferably of a. relatively short, narrow strip of metal forming a rectangularly shaped base 6 having lugs Gastruck up therefrom and adapted to pierce the pedestal 3, the lugs being bent or upset against the inner face of the display portion of the pedestal, as illustrated in Fig. 3. Slightly inwardly curved spaced longitudinally extending holding arms 7 and 8 ro'ect from one outer lon i-' tudinally extending edge of the base 6 at or from each end section thereof and each of said arms is curved outwardly at its outer end. There is a similarly shaped arm 9 rising from the opposite longitudinally extending edge of the base 6 and disposed out of transverse alignment with the aforesaid arms, being disposed preferably intermediate the ends of the base 6, to-wit in the central section of the longitudinally extending edge, as shown. These arms 7, S and 9 are arranged to receive between them the body portion of a buckle clamping lever, and between which arms the buckle lever snaps when inserted therebetween, and owing to the resiliency or yieldability' of the arms the buckle may be readily released from the holder.

By virtue of the particular formation of holder it is not necessary that the buckle be disposed in parallelism with the display face of the pedestal 3, when applying the buckle to the holder, but the structure is such that the buckle may be positioned at various angles with relation to the display face of the pedestal either when applying the clamping lever to the holder or when releasing the t to take the same inclination of tne cover when the latter is YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HICKOK MANUFAC- or release the buckle therefrom. The holder is placed slightly off centerjof the display face of the pedestal so as to provide for a symmetrical or central disposition of the belt buckle on the display pedestal as may be gathered by reference to Figs. 1 and 2.

In the use of the container herein described and illustrated, it will be understood that the belt may be confined Within the container 1 and that the buckle separated fromthe. belt may be efiectively displayed on the'pedestal.

What is claimed is:

1. A holder for retaining buckles in display which holder is madefrom and provided by a single piece of sheet metal and 2.0 has a longitudinally extending rectangularly shaped body, attaching lugs struck out from the metal in the body, there being one of such lugs provided in and for each end portion of the body, each such lug being ar- 5 ranged so that the free end thereof is provided by metal longitudinally interiorly located with respect to themetal of the body with which the fixed end of the lug is integral, spaced upright longitudinally extending 0 arms bent upwardly fromthe end sections of one longitudinal edge portion of the body member and a centrally located upright 10ngitudinally extending arm bent upwardly from the central section of the other longitudinal edge portion of the body; each of said upright longitudinally extending arms having a slightly transverse inward curvature in the section of the arm near the body and a transverse outward curvature in the free end or upper section of the arm, the arms being yieldable or resilient whereby they can receive and snap into holding engagement with certain portions of articles slipped in place between them and whereby the articles can be readily removed by an outward pull.

- 2. A holder for retaining buckles in dislay which holder is made from and provided E a single piece of sheet metal and has a longitudinally extending rectangularly 5Q shaped body constructed whereby it may be secured in place by means extending downwardly from within the space defined by the marginal edge portionsof the body, spaced upright longitudinally extending arms bent upwardly from the end sections of one longiortion of the body,

tudinal edge portion of the body member and a centrally located upright longitudinally extending arm bent upwardly from the central section of the other longitudinal edge each of said upright longitudinally extending arms having a transverse inward curvature in the section of the arm near the body and a transverse outward curvature in the free upper end section ofzthe arm, the arms being yieldable whereby they can receive in holding engagement certain portions of articles slipped in place between them and whereby the articles can be readily removed by an outward pull.

HARRY A. HAMILTON. 

